Kari C. reviewed on 10/4/2010 + 77 more book reviews

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This is the first part of a two part book. It is an unusual book, character driven instead of story driven. In fact, the author drove me a bit nuts with how he was jumping around with the story of the characters. You meet two characters, then are given the tale of the 3rd character through a flash back being told by one of the original characters sometime in the future. What?

However, for a character driven story it is pretty interesting. I didn't have any trouble staying interested in it. I suspect/hope that it will become more story driven in the next book, especially given the cliff hanger that ended this book.

The world is quite interesting - a water world with some islands. Most inhabitants live on giant bridges. No one really knows where they came from or anything. Each bridge is in the form of a giant spiral. The spiral is made up of spans - each span has a different culture. My big complaint with the world building was that Frost already had an interesting world, but he apparently felt the need to throw in elves, kitsune and other supernatural creatures. I felt this detracted from the world.

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